Fox Valley Festival Chorus preparing for trip to Italy
This June, the Fox Valley Festival Chorus will be traveling to Italy to sing at an evening Mass at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican as part of a 10-day...
Home > Reviews
All Stories
Putting down roots
In 2016, longtime friends Jared Mead and Erin Carlisle decided to join forces to form Renewed Roots Initiative, a local nonprofit aimed at improving food security and environmental conservation in...
Volunteers help keep history alive at Montgomery farm
Every now and then, a rocking chair will appear at the door of the farmhouse of Montgomery's historic Dickson-Murst Farm. Unwanted by their previous owners, the chairs will gain a...
Community service, outreach goals of Indian American Board in Aurora
Sharon Garcia, one of the founding board members of the city of Aurora's Indian American Community Outreach Advisory Board, remembers first hearing about the organization's formation back in 2014. Garcia,...
Volunteers key to Fox Valley Animal Welfare League
Ellen Wullbrandt has been president of the Fox Valley Animal Welfare League since 2008 and volunteered for the organization seven years before that. However, in essence she has "grown up"...
Kiwanis Pancake Day fundraiser set in Aurora
Serving as president of the Kiwanis Club of Aurora, this year Bill Donnell - who also is the alderman for Aurora's Fourth Ward - will likely spend some time greeting...
Court Watch program works to make sure domestic violence cases handled properly
For the last six and a half years, an all-volunteer group has sat in courtrooms in both Kane and Kendall counties observing proceedings of domestic violence cases in an effort...
Tea to boost Northern Illinois Food Bank
An upcoming fundraiser for the Northern Illinois Food Bank will help its executive women's council meet the goal of making sure no children go to bed hungry and also educate...
Donations help make Habitat for Humanity house possible
From large big box home improvement stores to small mom and pop companies, a Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity house under construction on Spruce Street in Aurora is being built...
Aurora group works to catch developmental delays in children
To dispel a mindset that learning does not begin until children enter kindergarten, SPARK Aurora Early Childhood Collaboration began providing communitywide developmental screenings two years ago for children from birth...